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Electronics

Dr. Dartnell, if you are reading this, here's a chapter suggestion for subsequent editions of The Knowledge: During the grace period, there will be a vast number of circuit boards, bristling with electronic components. With a relatively basic understanding of circuitry, a large number of electronic ...
by Dave Z
Tue Nov 22, 2022 2:08 am
 
Forum: 2. The Grace Period
Topic: Electronics
Replies: 0
Views: 4586

Re: Wax Cotton Raingear... DIY Dressings

DIY Wax Cotton Dressings This very interesting YouTube video by The Lone Woodman, compares ingredients for DIY dressings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvZczKZfvF4 Usual ingredients are paraffin or beeswax and linseed oil, but, in comparison are not found to be optimal for demonstrabe reasons. (A...
by Dave Z
Tue Nov 22, 2022 1:32 am
 
Forum: 4. Food and Clothing
Topic: Wax Cotton Raingear
Replies: 4
Views: 54790

Seeking a Friend for the End of the World

Seeking a Friend for the End of the World https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1307068/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 An apocalyptic romantic comedy with no 'post' involved. But it does, somehow, address the question with whom do you want to face the end of the world? Reminiscent of the following (gender reversible, of ...
by Dave Z
Tue Nov 22, 2022 12:06 am
 
Forum: Best post-apoc films?
Topic: Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Replies: 0
Views: 39828

Diani and Divine Meet the Apocalypse

Diani and Divine Meet the Apocalypse This one is a (mostly) light-hearted comedy. Nothing earthshaking, but funny and romantic. Diani and Divine are at once a couple and comedic team. When TEOTWAWKI hits (an unexplained 'pfiff' in the distance), they must face what - and who - comes. This includes ...
by Dave Z
Mon Nov 21, 2022 2:36 am
 
Forum: Best post-apoc films?
Topic: Diani and Divine Meet the Apocalypse
Replies: 0
Views: 4619

Jack Faust by Michael Swanwick

Jack Faust by Michael Swanwick Now a quarter century old, this is a cautionary retelling of Goethe's Faust , who is this time fed knowledge at a disastrous rate. The cataclysmic mechanism at the heart of this novel is knowledge itself, empowering the darker sides of human character. Ahead of its ti...
by Dave Z
Mon Nov 21, 2022 2:22 am
 
Forum: Best post-apoc novels?
Topic: Jack Faust by Michael Swanwick
Replies: 0
Views: 38903

Re: Scientific Method (The Greatest Invention)

Here is a proposed, poetic rendition of the scientific method. It is intended to be the core of a Book with the purpose of seeding post-cataclysmic renaissance. I would be very appreciative of your frank, constructive criticism. Is the content sufficient and accurate? Are the cautions fair and adequ...
by Dave Z
Mon Nov 21, 2022 1:42 am
 
Forum: 13. The Greatest Invention
Topic: Scientific Method (The Greatest Invention)
Replies: 2
Views: 51030

Do we really want to dive down another Gravity Well?

Seems like it's taken us ~4B years to begin fighting our way up and free of the Earth's gravity well... are we so sure we want to go dive down another one?

How 'bout, instead, we stay free and flexible among the asteroid clouds and belts, and/or rings of Saturn and the like?

Dave Z
by Dave Z
Mon Feb 15, 2021 7:43 pm
 
Forum: How to build a civilization from scratch on another world?
Topic: Do we really want to dive down another Gravity Well?
Replies: 3
Views: 6760

Re: New Scientist 20 Jan 2018

Dmitry Orlov's essay on Collapse uses the analogy of an aging, deteriorating bridge to illustrate the distinction between declaring with certainty that something will collapse vs when it will. LINK: http://cluborlov.blogspot.com/2012/06/fragility-and-collapse-slowly-at-first.html So yeah... I think ...
by Dave Z
Mon Feb 15, 2021 7:31 pm
 
Forum: What might collapse civilisation?
Topic: New Scientist 20 Jan 2018
Replies: 2
Views: 17121

Re: Simple vs Complex, Common vs Rare

I agree... this is a prime advantage of neolithic technologies... both axes are nearly optimal. Even rarer items are locally abundant (e.g., flint).

For several generations after Collapse, metals, glass and plastics are likely to abundant, extending possibility along at least the one axis.

Dave Z
by Dave Z
Mon Feb 15, 2021 7:11 pm
 
Forum: How best to preserve vital knowledge?
Topic: Simple vs Complex, Common vs Rare
Replies: 2
Views: 16671

10K year Heat Pump in the Works

10K year Heat Pump in the Works http://newenergyandfuel.com/http:/newenergyandfuel/com/2011/05/05/a-totally-new-take-on-heat-pumps/ Heat pumps are a fundamental technology that can be applied both industrially and domestically. At the University of Norway an approach using no moving parts is being ...
by Dave Z
Fri Jan 12, 2018 11:58 pm
 
Forum: 8. Power to the People
Topic: 10K year Heat Pump in the Works
Replies: 0
Views: 13080
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